The propaganda machine presented Ceausescu as the main architect of both domestic and foreign policies, a visionary, and guarantor of a Romanian path to socialism. Ceausescu's cult of personality ...

Ceausescu returned from Iran as western media ... Usually they have been used to instil fear or for propaganda purposes, but the filming of the Ceausescus’ execution was – probably ...

Yet in many respects Ceausescu turns out to be as much the author of this brilliant documentary as the director, Andrei Ujica, who waded through more than 1,000 hours of filmed state propaganda ...

As Romanians head to the polls in a pivotal presidential election, the country’s struggle to come to terms with its communist ...

The counter-propaganda of those currently in power is very similar to that of Ceausescu. During his last few days, the tyrant declared that “foreign agencies” are fomenting and guiding the ...

Ceausescu was also known for the ruthless way in which he stifled dissent. His Securitate secret police were believed to have 700,000 informers in the Balkan nation of 22 million.

Ion Mihai Pacepa led Romania's foreign intelligence service and was an aide to dictator Nicolae Ceausescu before defecting ... a sophisticated and covert propaganda campaign in the early 1970s.

Life in Ceausescu's Romania was lived in the shadow of his feared secret police force - the Securitate. Hear one child's story. Show more During the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu ...